Guard for stoves



(No Modem G. W. SLAWSON.A

GUARD 1011 sToVES- No. 411,735. Patented sept. 24, 1889.

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GEORGE WfSLAWSON, OF DAVENPORT, NEBRASKA.

GUARD FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,735, dated September 24, 1889.

Application tiled May 27l 1889. Serial No. 312,283. (No model.)

To all Lz/'hom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SLAWSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Thayer and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Guard for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards for stoves; and it has for its object to provide a shield or casing adapted to be placed around a stove for the purpose of preventing accidents arising from sparks and iire dropping out upon the iioor.

The invention consists in the improved construction of the said shield or casing, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

-In the drawings, Figure l is aA perspective View of my improved stove-guard, showing the same in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A designates the base, which consists of a suitably-shaped inverted box constructed of or covered with sheet metal B, and provided on its under side with transverse braces C, adapted to retain a filling D, of cement or other suitable material, which shall be perfectly fireproof and able to support the weight of'the stove. The upper side of the base is provided with upwardly-extending inclined guard-plates E E, and on one or more sides it may be provided with footrests F, connecting the ends of the said guard-plates, substantially as shown in the drawings hereto annexed.

The shell or casing which composee the body of my improved shield or guard consists of the iiat vertical tanks G G and the plates H H, all of which are provided at their ends with loopsl and hooks J adapted to engage each other so as to form hinges by means of which the said tanks and plates may be connected, so as to form a rectangular casing that rests upon the base A and surrounds the stove, said casing fitting neatly around the beveled guardplates E E and foot-rests F. The tanks G, which, when the stove is placed in the corner of the room, are to be arranged on the sides adjoining the walls, are to be filled with water, and they may be provided with suitable water-tight covers in order to prevent the contents from being accidentally spilled.

It will be seen that my improved shield or,

casing completely surrounds the stove, and that any fire which may drop out from the same will fall upon the {ire-proof base inside of the said shield, thereby preventing any danger of the wood-work of the room taking fire.

It will be seen that owing to the means herein described for connecting the tanks and plates constituting the shield or casing any one of the plates may be raised to the position shown in Fig. l of the drawings, when it will form a screen for the faces of persons sitting in front of the stove, while the feet may be supported upon the foot-rests. The draft in the stove may also to some extent be regulated by thus adjusting the sides of the shield or casing. The sides of the casing adjacent to the walls of the room being composed of tanks filled with water, as de-` scribed, excessive heating of the wood-work of the room is eifectually prevented.

The construction is simple and inexpensive, and the device forms an effective safeguard against iires arising from the careless management of stoves.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. The hereindescribed shield or casing, composed of a series of sections connected separably by means of suitable hinge-connections, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described shield or casing, consisting of a iiat vertical tank or tanks and plates connected together adjustably and separably by hinge-connections and adapted to bemounted upon a suitable base around a stove supported upon said base, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the base, of the shield or casing mounted upon said base and composed of the sections provided at their ends with hooks and eyes, by means of which they may be connected adjustably and separably, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

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4. The combination of the base, the tanks or hollow casing-sections mounted upon Said base, and the fender-plates, said hollow easing-Sections and fender-plates being provi ded with hooks and eyes, whereby the latter are rendered vertically adjustable and detachable, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth. Y

GEORGE lV. SLAWSON.

Vitnesses:

F. W. BEAN, R. E. SLAWSON. 

